New on 500px : Raging Spirit by scottsmorra by scottsmorra

High water and peak spring greens at one of my favorite waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge of Washington. It was amazing to see the high volume of water pouring over Spirit Falls during the spring runoff. The water in this river is almost entirely spring fed which makes it incredibly clear and blue. Expert kayakers occasionally run the line down the main channel (left hand side of the image). Dropping over the the falls into the turbulent pool below is not for the faint of heart!

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New on 500px : Avant Garde(n of Eden) by RyanDyar by RyanDyar

**IN CASE THIS REACHES THE FRONT PAGE** I just wanted to let the word spread that while I was in Norway in March, I found an SD card with a lot of good images on it from Iceland, Monument Valley, and some cute blonde gal who is probably your wife or girlfriend or… something else. If you happen to see this and you want the card, just email me! Found the card at this spot: http://ift.tt/1ISHkJf

The lesser traveled north side of Mount Hood is a personal favorite area of mine, though the backpacking isn’t the most pleasurable. Often times muddy with 100% chance of mosquito showers. Skin left exposed ends up looking like a dark brown shag carpet as it gets covered in the little bastards.

Ok, maybe I’m exaggerating a bit, but it still sucks. However the grand views of Hood from these meadows at Elk Cove are plenty rewarding, and of the few times I’ve been to this spot, you tend to have it all to yourself.

A new instructional video is in the works and should be available within the next week. People seem to really be enjoying the videos and have had nothing but great things to say, so I *think* they are helping people… it’s been awesome to see the many before/after shots people have been emailing me. Be sure to check the videos out if you are into that sort of thing. It’s all on my website, as well as more photos, photo tour info, processing instruction via Skype like everyone else is doing, etc, etc.

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Lofoten Autumn Aurora – With Arild Heitmann & Stian Klo
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Also, I recently had a bit of a security breach which affected my website and email which resulted in me switching everything over to new accounts. Thanks a lot, Obama. So if you haven’t gotten a response from me about an email, please try to resend it through my new contact form on my site. Thanks!

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New on 500px : Guardian of the Sea stacks by snyder7 by snyder7

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I’ve been trying to get a cool star fish in a tide pool in like, forever and finally, on this last trip to the Olympic National Park I was granted that wish.

So my buddy Bryan and I were almost done hiking towards the sea stacks at Rialto beach and we saw this orange star fish on a rock, during low tide. In fact, I’ve never been here before when the tide has been so low.

I had to shoot this earlier than I would’ve liked, but the tide was going up rapidly and if I waited more, the star fish would be under water.

This was the only day that we had good light. The two following days were totally socked in during sunset.

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New on 500px : Spirit Falls by Koveh by Koveh

My first photo since moving to Seattle. I spent an evening at this beautiful waterfall with friends Michael Bollino and Jim Newkirk. Definitely excited to finally be settled in from the move and out exploring the area.

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New on 500px : Ascent by cwexplorationphotography by cwexplorationphotography

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This was taken on a summit bid on Mt. Rainier about 3 years back just after cresting the Disappointment Cleaver. Weather really hampered our summit bid; I got no shut eye thanks to 60mph winds up at Camp Muir that let up enough after midnight to head for the summit only to get nailed by super poor visibility thanks to a nasty lenticular cloud near the top. Unfortunately I didn’t summit, but this photo will always hold a special place in my heart; especially since I’m going to to start training for my next attempt at the summit for my 30th birthday next year.

Mt. Rainier, WA

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New on 500px : Chasing Clouds by BrandtM by BrandtM

Though this has been shot a million times and I have been down there several times, the one thing that has eluded me to date is catching some good evening clouds. Finally I was able to catch some pretty good, though not spectacular, clouds.

This shot is a double vertical panorama merged, one set of vertical pano shots for the canyon and another set for the sky. Essentially the same technique I used for a Milky Way falls shot last summer, but this time I could see the end of the cliff drop off.

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New on 500px : Daybreak. by BrianAdelberg by BrianAdelberg

Sunrise light illuminates Mt. Rainier, photographed from Paradise area. It’s mornings like this that make all worthwhile. Hope you enjoy. Have a great day!

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New on 500px : Outset II by alexnoriega by alexnoriega

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Waves crashing into a sea cave in Olympic National Park, Washington at sunset. Consider joining Alex Mody​ and I on a workshop this September to photograph rugged coastal scenes such as this, as well as rainforests and mountains!

I’ve been shooting this composition for three years now, since I found this cave on my first visit to ONP – and finally the tides and sunset light aligned on my most recent visit. I was never really happy with the previous sunrise rendition you may have seen from me, as the light was very flat, even if the color was there.

This image is comprised of three exposures, due to dynamic range and shutter speed considerations: one for the cave/rock, one for the sky, and one for the water – though it could have been done in one.

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New on 500px : Outset II by alexnoriega by alexnoriega

2015 Autumn in Olympic Tour with Alex Mody
Private Workshops and Tours
Private Online Post-Processing Instruction Via Skype
Like my Facebook Page

Waves crashing into a sea cave in Olympic National Park, Washington at sunset. Consider joining Alex Mody​ and I on a workshop this September to photograph rugged coastal scenes such as this, as well as rainforests and mountains!

I’ve been shooting this composition for three years now, since I found this cave on my first visit to ONP – and finally the tides and sunset light aligned on my most recent visit. I was never really happy with the previous sunrise rendition you may have seen from me, as the light was very flat, even if the color was there.

This image is comprised of three exposures, due to dynamic range and shutter speed considerations: one for the cave/rock, one for the sky, and one for the water – though it could have been done in one.

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